Skara: The Blade Remains
SERVERS DOWN DUE TO MAINTENANCE
As we are approaching the launch of Build 0.9 - latest version before Beta - we need to close servers while we prepare the new custom games and matchmaking system.
Builds 0.8 and 0.8.1 have been fantastic and we are extremely happy with players' response. We have learnt from all your feedback and plan to bring most of your ideas and suggestions to the upcoming version of Skara.
Since Build 0.9 is approaching the last phase of development, we will run some private tests with some of our players in the Skara Discord server. We can't wait to show you guys the amazing stuff we have been working on!
Please, accept our apologies if this causes you any trouble. We promise the wait will be worth it.
See you on the battlefield,
The Skara Team
Come to play Skara at Gamescom!
Welcome, survivors!
Skara is present at Gamescom 2017 (Cologne) until the 26th of August. You can find us in the Indie Arena Booth 2017, a special space located in Hall 10.1.
This will be an inestimable opportunity for us to meet the community and to stand out in front of different medias.
If you are there, join us with other survivors and speak face with the two co-founders of Skara. You will be able to play our latest public version against other players.
We hope that you are enjoying your summer,
The Skara Team
End of “A Path to the Long North” - Lore Event
Welcome, survivors!
“A Path to the Long North” has just ended. Many have perished in this Lore Event, but it also has given glory to a few:
Stez has broken many records by becoming the Event Winner getting more points than anybody else… ever. His feats, as the new Tamvaasa Culture Leader, have shined above all survivors.
The Top 10 positions in the General Ranking (together with their Ranking Points) are:
And the new Culture Leaders (with their Culture Ranking Points) are:
- Celea: Mad Murloc (103 943)
- Tamvaasa: Stez (254 846)
- Khärn: Saga (209 001)
- Shinse: Kanna (278 083)
The four new Culture Leaders will become the protagonists of the Fifth Chapter of Skara’s Interactive Novel. Moreover, the Top 10 winners of the General Ranking will receive the amount of Karats (in-game currency) indicated next to their position in the Event section of the in-game menu.
See you on the battlefield,
The Skara Team
"A Path to the Long North" - new Lore Event
Greetings, survivors!
We are happy to unveil our new Lore Event: “A Path to the Long North”. It will follow the story of “The Battle of Kornit” as most of the warriors in Skara are heading to Tamvaasa land seeking fights and glory in the war that is taking place there.
This new Lore Event starts now (Friday the 14th at 4pm CET) and you will get a reward just for participate in it!
Join us in 30 minutes on Twitch for the initial streaming in this event introduction at 4:30pm (CET) as usual: twitch.tv/skarathebladeremains
The rewards for Top Players will be similar as in the previous Lore Events: those of you who lead each Culture Ranking at the end of the event will be forever remembered in Skara being the protagonists of your own Chapter in the next Lore piece.
Moreover, the survivors who manage to climb to the Top 10 positions in the Global Ranking will be rewarded with the following amount of in-game currency, respectively:
- 3100 Karats
- 1750 Karats
- 1100 Karats
- 525 Karats
- 525 Karats
- 255 Karats
- 255 Karats
- 255 Karats
- 255 Karats
- 255 Karats
“A Path to the Long North” will end next Thursday the 20th at 4pm (CET).
See you on the battlefield,
The Skara Team
Top 10 Plays - Open Alpha 0.8
Today we bring to you the best plays since our Open Alpha Update 0.8.0 was released on May the 11th. Some of them have been extracted from the ‘Heroes of the Rozsha Mountains’ Tournament that was held last weekend among the best teams in Skara’s Discord.
JustaKidd and Anax of Rhodes did a fantastic job to bring us all this nice compilation:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=961440082
Many Heroes have risen to take part in the Skara History since then, so we invite you to create your own Top 10 plays compilation video and spread it around.
See you on the battlefield,
The Skara Team
Open Alpha Patch 0.8.1
Welcome again, survivors!
We are ready to introduce the new Open Alpha Patch 0.8.1. We have been working on the performance of the game, as well as on adding some features, on character balancing and on some small improvements in all our maps.
The changes in this new build include:
New features:
- Video options menu
- Added texture streaming to improve loading performance
Character balancing:
Khärn: He needed a minor tweak to its basic attacks as the combination of multiple Khärns in LTS modes were too powerful. The damage reduced was compensated with an improvement of his Dash Attacks, that are now more effective. We are aware that this may affect duels more than we intended, will keep tracking match results and improve it over the coming builds.
- Basic Attacks damages reduced to 55/55/75 from 60/60/75
- First Basic Attack Impact changed to Medium from Hard
- Basic Dash Attack damage reduced to 50 from 55
- Specialized Dash Attack damage reduced to 55 from 60
- Solved a problem that made the Dash Attack to not connect with the enemy
Shinse: We detected a systematic usage of the sprint attack that wasn't giving much window to counterplay to other players. To strengthen her high risk high reward mechanics we want to move that focus back to her basic and specialized attacks. Most changes influence the penalization caused by impacts, allowing for a more combo focused attacks instead of getting in and out. Given her high skill cap we will be having a look at her performance.
- Sprint Attack Damage reduced to 65 from 75
- Basic Attack Damages adjusted to 50/50/60 from 55/45/60
- Specialized Attacks Impact improved to Medium from Light
Tamvaasa: We wanted the Vilkai Song to be more interesting making it harder to use in team based game modes and gives some reaction time when playing duels.
- Activation of Vilkai Song is now delayed by 66ms
- Time between cooldown consumption and actual effect activation has been increased giving more time for enemies to stop the skill before activation
Overall / Game Mode
- Added Specific Balance modifications for Game Mode Duel: Heals/Regenerations halved in terms of effectivity
Maps and textures improvements:
- “Gâo-Di - Temple of the Zem” map performance
- “Kilma - Blut at the Lava Coliseum” map performance
- “Jaarvi - The Circle of Axes” map performance
- “Coliseum Tutorial” map performance
- General textures
Fixes:
- Social: Improved the reception of friend requests
- Social: When joining in a match, sometimes you could see the conversation written in party chat, in the in-game one
- Social: Fixed the fact that you couldn’t invite a player which is already playing to a party
- Account: Fixed crash while loading session
- Account: Fixed problems with parties while changing the region
- Menu: Fixed a visual glitch where some character parts were not completely loaded
- Glyph system wasn’t being updated when changing bindings
- HUD skills when changing bindings of special skills to some key on numeric keyboard
See you on the battlefield,
The Skara Team
The Battle of Kornit is over!
They went down from the mountain
Like lava
They spread like fire
And not even all folkin
were able to save Kornit.
[Excerpted from The lament of the vilkaitith - Tamvaasa Song]
Dawn on the battlefield has left a trail of dead bodies in the lands of Kornit. The Khärn, commanded by Bajheera, managed to grasp victory on the last day of the fight against the troops of the Tamvaasa led by Revenant. The Vilkaitith clan has been forced to retreat north again while the Khärn settle on their domain west of the Rozsha Mountains.
Many have been the feats carried out by the brave heroes who tried to defend Kornit from the invasion of Bajheera. Songs will be written about Destroyer, a warrior from Celea who fought relentlessly on the side of Revenant, overcoming innumerable enemies. Or of
Kanna, a brave Shinse who was trying to prevent the expansion of the Khärn to her homeland. Even Saga, a traitor in the eyes of the Khärn, fought on the side of the Tamvaasa against his brothers . But all was useless against the tide of giants that was spewed from the bowels of the volcano.
Is this the beginning of an even greater conquest? Or can the Tamvaasa regain the lost land? The Shinse, whose territory borders on Kornit, contemptuously contemplate the presence of a new enemy, while trying to keep their southern borders safe from the Celea.
The world of Skara continues to war amongst itself in the Age of Two Suns ...
The Battle of Kornit is about to start!
Welcome to Skara, survivors!
The Battle of Kornit - our biggest Lore Event to date, will start in 30 minutes (5pm CET, 11am ET, 8am PT).
This time BajheeraWOW as a Khärn leader and RevenantLOL as a Tamvaasa leader, both renowned YouTubers and Streamers, are summoning all Skara players from any culture to join their armies.
You will get a granted reward for registering to the event here and will be able to contribute to your clan by levelling up in-game, opting for the Basic Pack reward for all your clan if you win this battle. The live score will be available here when the event starts.
The event will end on Monday the 5th of June at 9:00am CET (midnight PT on the 4th), so you will have plenty of time to climb onto the Top Positions and become a Legend in Skara!
See you on the battlefield,
The Skara Team
End of “Echoes from the Zem” - Lore Event
Welcome, survivors!
The “Echoes from the Zem”, our Lore Event that was been launched with the Open Alpha Update 0.8.0 has just ended!
We have a clear Event Winner called Alino, who has been renamed as Crimson, an Assassin from the Celea, and now he is their Culture Leader.
The Top 10 positions in the General Ranking (together with their Ranking Points) are:
And the new Culture Leaders (with their Culture Ranking Points) are:
- Celea: Crimson (163 580)
- Tamvaasa: pdgf (87 525)
- Khärn: Sendrik (143 537)
- Shinse: Lo-Rei (269 856)
The four new Culture Leaders will become the protagonists of the Third Chapter of the Skara’s Interactive Novel and the Top 10 winners of the General Ranking have just received the amount of Karats that was indicated besides their position in the Event section of the in-game menu.
We will start working on the next Lore Event for all of you to join, if you manage to survive…
See you on the battlefield,
The Skara Team
Open Alpha Update 0.8.0
Welcome, survivors!
Get ready for the new features in the Open Alpha Update 0.8.0! We will present them to you in our Inaugural OA 0.8.0 Streaming in 30 minutes (at 5:30pm CET), but you always can enjoy our trailer here if you haven't been able to attend to it or look at them in more detail in the following paragraphs:
Lore event: Echoes from the Zem
It just started and it will follow nearly the same rewards structure as in the “Cataclysm” event that took place in February: there will be special rewards for the top 10 players in the event’s General Ranking and for the Top 1 in each Culture Ranking (you can check for the concrete rewards next to those Rankings in the in-game menu). The only exception is that every player participating will get a gift. It will finish at 5pm CET next Monday the 15th, so don’t miss the opportunity and jump into the arena!
New Map: Gâo-di - Temple of the Zem
After many iterations, we have come up with a new map setting that grants a really fun experience: set on the peak of a mountain, it has many bottlenecks, a completely new ambientation and its own special mechanics to redefine the way you play Skara. Words just stay short to what it really is… Enter the game and discover it!
Progression rewards
We are happy to introduce this feature that will allow you to earn skin rewards for free as you gain experience. The first reward will be given to you early, so they will probably be easy to acquire, but you will have to climb the experience ladder in your player account in order to unlock all of them. Reaching a certain level with a specific culture will also grant you a reward.
Early Access Skin
The Vulkhän Skin is now available and has been gifted to all the previous Early Access backers, depending on their contribution. It won’t remain unnoticed to all survivors who fight any Khärn that wears it.
These all four main features bring us closer to our next steps. You can join the conversation in our Discord channel or watch the official presentation and the internal tournament in our Inaugural OA 0.8.0 Streaming in our Twitch channel.
See you on the battlefield,
The Skara Team